Undergraduate Course: MInf Project (Part 1) (INFR10051)

Course Outline
School	School of Informatics	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	This is the first half a major project that runs over the fourth and fifth years. It is intended to allow students to demonstrate their ability to organise and carry out a substantial piece of work. The project involves both the application of skills learnt in the past and the acquisition of new skills. Typical areas of activity will be: gathering and understanding background information; solving conceptual problems; design; implementation; experimentation and evaluation; writing up. The project is conducted individually by the student under the supervision of a member of teaching staff. The project specification is usually provided by a member of staff, but students are also free to specify their own project. All project specifications must be approved by the Project Coordinator. The project will normally involve the construction of an artifact, whether software, hardware, a robotic device, some other artifact incorporating computation, or some combination of these. This first half consists of a project that is essentially self contained but it should be planned in such a way as to allow for expansion and greater depth for the following year. Note that as this is the first half of an 80 point project it is recognized that a longer planning phase might be involved as compared to a standard UG4 project. In any case, the report should include a clear account of this aspect along with a justification.
Course description	Project dependent

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	For MInf fourth year students only

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 22, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 363 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	Individual Project study
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The project is assessed on the basis of a written report which should typically contain: - Title page with abstract (a one or two paragraph summary of the contents). The title page must include a prominent line stating 'MInf Project (Part 1)'. - Introduction and synopsis, in which the project topic is described and set in the context of published literature, and the main results are briefly summarised. - Discussion of the work undertaken, in which the various sub-problems, solutions and difficulties are examined. - If appropriate, a description of experiments undertaken, a presentation of the data gleaned from them, and an interpretation of that data. - Conclusion, in which the main achievements are reviewed. In addition unaddressed problems and directions for the MInf Project (Part 2) are presented. - Bibliography. After submission the student makes a presentation to the two markers. This presentation does not make an explicit contribution to the overall mark, but it does inform the markers' assessment of the report.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Structure, summarise and critically evaluate a body of knowledge relating to a substantial project topic in Informatics Conduct a programme of work in further investigation of issues related to the topic Discuss and solve conceptual problems which arise during the investigation Critically evaluate the investigation, including design choices made Present their work orally and visually, with demonstration of working artifacts where appropriate